Cigar and cigarette ash catcher and holder.



A. L. SCHWARTZ. CIGAR AND CiGARETTE ASH CATCHER AND HOLDER.

APPLICATION HLED APR-23. 1915- Patented July 4, 1916.

WITNESSES ALBERT I4. SCHWARTZ, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CIGAR ANID' CIGARETTE ASH CATCHER AND HOLDER.

7 Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 4, 1916.

Application filed April 23, 1915. Serial No. 23,320.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALBERT L. SOI-IW'ARTZ, acitizen of the United States, residing in the city and county ofPhiladelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefulCigar and Cigarette Ash Catcher and Holder, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention consists of a catcher and holder for the ashes of a cigaror cigarette, the same embodying a casing, and a member adapted tosupport said casing on the cigar or cigarette at the butt end of thelatter and admit of the casing being moved toward the cigar or cigaretteas the latter shortens in burning or smoking.

It consists also in adapting the casing to receive the ashes and tobreak the same in passing therethrough, so as to be effectively directedinto the portion of the casing in which they are ultimately deposited.

It consists also of means for preventing' the return of the ashes fromtheir final deposit chamber into said primary receiving member.

It consists also of details of construction as will be hereinafterdescribed.

Figure 1 represents a longitudinal section of a catcher and holder forthe ashes of a cigar embodying my invention, including also alongitudinal section of the cigar to which the device is applied, and towhich the invention in the present instance is limited in thedescriptionthereof. Fig. 2 represents a perspective view of detachedmembers of the device. Fig. 3 represents an end view of the casing ofthe device. Fig. 4 represents a perspective view of a detached member.Fig. 5 represents a partial side elevation and partial longitudinalsection of detached members of the device. Fig. 6 represents a sideelevation of another embodiment of the invention on a reduced scale.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in thefigures.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates an ash catching and holdingcasing which is adapted to be sustained on the headed pin or stem 2, thelatter being insertible in the cigar 3 and so connected with the same,as to sustain said casing at the butt end of the cigar and receive theashes of the latter which will drop or fall thereinto. The casir 1 iscomposed of the body 4 whose end t ward the cigar is open and the cap 5which is adaptedto close the outer end of said casing, it beingremovably fitted to said body so as to discharge the contents of thelatter. WVithin the body 4 is the coil 6 of wire or other suitablematerial adjacent to which on the end toward the cap is the concave ordishing diaphragm 7 in which is the port 8, forming a communicationbetween the body and cap. Within the cap is the thimble 9 which isfirmly secured thereto and has in itan opening to receive the pin orstem 2, thus supporting said cap on the latter, whereby the body 4 isalso supported on said pin, it being noticed that the pin or stem isinserted into the cigar at the butt end thereof and so impaled that thecasing is sustained by said pin on the cigar, as plainly shown inFig. 1. The casing is prevented from displacement from the pin or stem 2in outward direction by means of the head 2 of the latter abuttingagainst the outer face of the closing cap 5 of thecasing.

On the inner end of the thimble 9 is the disk or head 10 which isadjacent to the port 8, and is of such diameter that while ashes mayescape from the body of the easing into the cap at the place of depositand collection thereof, it will prevent the improper return of the ashesfrom the cap into the body especially when the cigar is lowered.

The coil 6 is secured within the casing by the clips 11, which extendinwardly from the diaphragm 7 toward the-open end of the body 4: andengaged with the convolutions of the coil, and said end of the body withwhich they are clenched as at 12, said end being also inturned radiallyforming the flange 13 which in a manner acts as a windguard for the buttend of the cigar and prevents escape of the ashes at said end.

As the cigar burns away in smoking, the cigarwill be tilted with the tipend down,

when the casing slides automatically on the 7 pin toward the butt of thecigar and closes over the ashes thereon. Then the cigar is again tiltedwith the butt end down, when the casing will slide automatically fromthe butt and take the ashes therein with it. As the casingat the end ofits play strikes the head of the pin, it receives a jar that will shakethe'ashes and disintegrate the same, whereby they will pass through thespaces or openings between the coil, so that they will be deposited inthe cap.

The outer or closing wall of the cap 5 is adapted to form a broad andfiat base on which the casing 1 may be stood, so that the cigar may beheld in upright position thereon when removed from the month.

In order to retain the pin in position on the cigar and prevent itsaccidental Withdrawal therefrom, the inner end of the same, which issomewhat flattened and pointed as at 14 to admit of its easy penetrationinto the cigar, has mounted therconthe flaring spurs 15 of the form of aloop which when the pin is pushed into the cigar pass through the fillerand occupy a position near the tip end of the cigar, as shown in Fig. 1.As the spurs flare toward the butt end of the cigar, if the pin isimproperly drawn out of the cigar toward said butt end, the points ofsaid spurs take hold of the tiller and so resist such drawing-outwhereby the pin will retain its position on the cigar.

When the cigar is smoked to comparatively full extent, the pin with itsspurs may be readily pulled from the stump. hen the pin is passedprimarily through the thimble 9, the spurs owing to their constructionof light material will enter and move freely through the latter carriedby the point-portion of the pin, as shown in Fig.

In Fig. 6 I show a modification where the pin or stem is insertedthrough the wrapper of the cigar into the filler thereof, so as to besustained in position, without producing different results to thosehereinbefore stated.

Having thus described my invention what .I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is k I p y 1. In a catcher and holder for theashes of a cigar, a pin adapted to be stationarily connected with acigar, and an ash receiver freely mounted on said pin and adapted toslide thereon toward the butt end of the cigar, and be advanced to theburning end of the cigar as the latter shortens in being smoked withoutdisturbing said pin.

In a catcher and holder for the ashes of a cigar, a hollow body, adisintegrator in the latter, a cap on said body adapted to close theouter end thereof, a diaphragm in said body with which saiddisintegrator is connected, said diaphragm having therein a port forminga communication between the same and said body and means for attachingsaid body to a cigar.

3. In a catcher and holder for the ashes of a cigar, a casing, a closingand collecting member on theouter end thereof, a device in said casingadapted to separate the ashes from the cigar and disintegrate said ashesand allow them in disintegrated condition to pass therethrou'gh intosaid collecting member and means for attaching said casing to a cigar. Ii

4. In a catcher and holder for the ashes of a cigar, a casing, adiaphragm therein, the latter being provided with a port, a closing capon said casing interiorly in communication with the latter through saidport, a head in said cap adjacent to said port, and means forattachingsaid casing to a cigar.

5. In a catcher and holder for the ashes of a cigar, a casing, athim'ble therein, and a stem freely entering said thimble andbeingthereby adapted to support said casing on the cigai' and allow itto be moved to the cigar as the latter shortens in'being smoked.

(3. In a catcher and holder for the ashes of a cigaiyya casing, a stemadapted to support said casing and enter a cigar, and a spur mounted onsaid stem adapted to spread out from said stem and interlock with theinterior? of the cigar to prevent improper withdrawal of the stem of thecigar and. to be folded into said casing to permit its removal throughsaid casing.

ALBERT L. SGI-IWARTZ.

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